National Republican., 1887-05-09
MARTYRS TO RELIGION.
THE REGULAR SUNDAY DISCOURSE OF
REV. 4. DE WITT TALMAGE.
All who Have Served Christ, However
Eminent They May Have Been, suf-
tered MaItreatment--Tho Behavior OF
tho Disciples Commended.

morning the Rev. T. De witt Talmage, ID. D.,
gave notice Of the annual pilgrimage OF his
congregation, which this year will be TO
Marthas Vineyard, Mass. 1t will begin July
and end July T. DR.. Talmage will preach at
Manhas Vineyard July and deliver au
Grafton on the Fourth. Congregational singing
ut the Tabernacle is led by q cornet and organ.
A boy choir chants twice during the service.
The hymn sung by the congregation this
morning begins:
"sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,
IL is not night II Thou be near"
DIR. Talmages text was: "And His disciples
went and told Jesus" Matthew. xiv, 70. lie
said.
An outrageous assassination had just taken
place. To appease a revengeful woman King
Herod ordered the death Of that noble self
sacrificing christian, John the baptist The
Psa G1 TSapp G Wete er
deienseless. There was no authority to witch
they could appeal, and yet grief must always
hear II. then the agonized soul will cry 1t
aloud to the winds, and the woods and the
waters. But there was an ear that was will,
at the same time a most admirable pic.
ture In the words words q my text; They
all their grief and He Immediately soothed It,
..lur burdens are not more than half SO heavy
@ If another is Thrust nns under he other
pihadowed with grief, standing amid the group
,of disciples, who with tears aud violent ges-
cry OF bereavement afe Expressing their woe.
Raphael, with his skillful brush putting upon
the wall OF pnace some @ scene Of sacred red story,
hand of tbe, evangelist writes; They went and
The old Goths and vandals once came down
upon Italy from the north of Europe, and they
upset the gardens, and they broke down the
a1tars, and swept away everything that was
in the history Of oil the sons aud daughters OF
our race an incursion of roughhanded troubles
that come to plunder and Iansack and put to
the torch all that men highly prize. There Is
no cave odeeply cleft into the mountains as
to allow us shelter. and the, foot of leetest
S' suit The 6 Arrows WIS., they put to the string fy
with unerring dart, until we fall pierced and
feel that bring to you a most appropriate
into bundle and set them on fire with a spark
E% Se Of ha h
your heartaches. have read that when God.
frey and HIS army marched out to capture
the first hash Of the pinnacles Of that
nsaTp IN cy ths ea sSou, thas tbs
Christ, marching on toward heaven, would
that to- day. by some, CLEAN from the palace Of
lifted into great rejoicing, and that before this
service Is :, enc ended you might raise one glad
In the first place, l commend tho behavior
of these disciples to all those in this audience
who are sinful and unpardoned There comes
feels from Some some source that he has an efring
nature. The thought may not have such heit
as to fell him. 1t mag be only like the fash
summer day. One man to get rid OF that
impression win sS to prayer another @
another man will dive deeper In secularties.
But sometimes man cannot get rid of these
impressions. The fact Is, when man finds
tknNh ht0 nfA Rntt. tQ Irrnn npf
@ Sncertalnty, @ and that the 'f next moment his
foot may slip, he must do something violent to
make himself forget where he stands, or else
Ifthere are any here who have resolved that
they would rather die of this awful cancer Of
out, let me say, my dear brother, you mingle
for yourself bitter. cup. You fly in the face
9fyour everlasting interests , & @ Hoa cr9ush n n
moment, you might rise up q crowned con
queror. Driven and perplexed and harassed
To relax the grip of death from your soul and
plant your unshackled feet upon the colder
throne Christ let "a the tSytHres gi, Of the
of His own cross He will break down the doo
of your dungeon. From the thorns of His owI
brow blaze M VIII etefna Victory In every tea
on His wet cheek; in every cash OF HIS side; II
every long, blackening mark OF laceretior
tering, heayen-storming death groan hear
Him say: Him that cometh unto Me will ii
ny "oh," but You YOU say, "instead of curing m,
wound you want to make another wound
namely, that of conviction !" Have you neyel
disease and then with sharp caustic burn 1
all out? So the grace Of God comes to the ole
but by divine grace it IS burned out throusl
these fires of conviction, ,the flesh cominl
again as the flesh OF little child" where slI
With the ton thousand unpardoned sins
your life. go and tell Jesus. You will neve
get rid Of your sins in any other way, and re
/ extend to you will not always be extended
King Alfred, before modern timepieces wer
parts, eight hours each. and then had thre
wax candies By the time the first candle ha,
burned to the socket, eight hours had gone
the socket, another eight hours had gone, ant
when all three candles were gone out, then th
osS DAYS and nights and
by any earthly timepieee, might calculat
them by the Numbers Of SSppOrtundtEIss Spp m an
out, never to be relighted, lest at last we b
enid the foolish virgins who cried. "our lamp
Again. commend the behavior OF the dis
ciples to ali who are tempted: have hear
men in midlife say that they had never bee
ten temptation iH It IS Because you have not tried
do right. man hSppled and handcnttsd, an. n d. a
when he rises ses and
determination resolves to snap the handcui
or break the hopple, then he finds the powe
Of the iron And there are ann men thrS Wao hay
sS1ns SsSits Mso sSod haVs ans never sSss t Gg *
power ofthe chain, because they have neve
down with the stream and with the wind, ]!
ing on your oars; but Just turn around and tr
to 60 against the wind and the tide. and yor
will find 1t is q different matter. As long
as we go down the current Of our evil habi
we seem to get along quite smoothly, but 1
after awhile we turn around and head tn
other way, toward Christ, and pardon, an
heaven oh then how we have ,sN, to lay to Il
have one kind, you another, you another no
one person escaping.
i all foy ior yop to say to some srS one; e.,
thinks il is 50 strange that the flsh should b
caught with a hook. The fish thinks 1t Is
strange that the lion should be caught with
trap. You see some man with cold, phle
matte temperament and you say: II suppo
that man has not any temptation" Yes, q
much as you have. In his phlegmatic natui
he has temptation to Incidence and censor
business and over eating and drinking; a tenn
temptation to lay down an obstacle
the way of all good enterprises. The tempert
ment decides the styles OF temptation; bu
ton. Satan has q grappling hook Just fitted /,
your soul. man never lives beyond u
reach of temptation. You say when a mf
gets 10 be 20 or 80 years OF age he is safe fro
taken. man at So years of age has as mar
Temptations as a man at %. They are on
different styles of temptation.
Ask the aged Christian whether ne Is nov
assaulted Of the powers OF darkness. II "
think you have conquered tho power OF teml
tation you are very much mistaken.
man who wanted q throne pretended
yated he wonld soon be gone. He crawled up
his crutches TO the throne, and having